Audi Field

You didn't beat Kansas City in Kansas City, but at least you got something from the game.

And the something would have been a point and a secured playoff game at Audi Field.

And that's a tangible thing to fight for.

That's that's on this to me on par with like getting over the Gotham Demon, right? Like figuring out how to slay that team and still didn't get it.

Does either of you want to tell us about the, what kind of the scenarios

I'll run through them really quickly because they're pretty simple, honestly.

Beat Chicago, a historically bad team, and you get at least one playoff game at Audi Field.

If you beat Chicago and San Diego loses, then you jump them, which means that if you keep winning, then you will have the quarterfinal, the semifinal, and if you make the championship, the championship at Audi Field.

I do think of all teams in the league, Washington is a team that is semi-used to playing in front of an environment similar to CPKC Stadium.

Audi Field is known for being called rowdy Audi.

Their environment is top-notch.

CPKC is so special, though.

So which team can keep their heads about them? play with composure, play with efficiency, and execute early, really for me, that team is going to be able to control this match.

You talked about the advantage of CPKC Stadium.

Even though Audi Field is rowdy and Washington's used to it, Washington has not come in here and had success, right? It's been more than two full seasons since the Currents lost at home in the regular season.

So I look at this as a matchup of two hot teams, two pretty even teams, but I would have to lean a little bit towards Kansas City just because of the form and the home field.

And it's never great when I have to go back and say, wow, when was the last time we had graphics about how terrible, how historically terrible the Stars were? Let's go update those.

So, the worst teams in NWA history, based on points per match, I am assuming the Stars are going to lose their final game against the Washington Spirit at Audifield.

That seems like the easiest prediction in the world.

It's For the sake of these graphics, it's better to have everybody have played a full season.

People want to go to stuff.

Like the article in the Washington Business Journal saying like, oh, you know, dirt bike racing and UFC is going to come to Audi Field with their bubble.

So I think people are missing out on that.

And then he says, and I don't have the exact quote.

It's their stadium, right? It's also why I think Michelle Kang was, you know, part of the – not the financial, but the lobbying of RFK 2.0.

Cause I think she knows if the spirit are playing and they're only up against, you know, one football game for, you know, two months of the season, once a week, she has a better shot of filling up, you know, RFK 2.0 with as many fans as Audi, you know, especially for a playoff game.

Like it's in her best interest to try and get that, you know, at least as an option for the spirit.

Right.

it's Dallas and Chicago but they also play DC like I don't know like it just it's at a certain point it also doesn't matter who's playing who it's MLS and at this stage of the season certain teams are going to be eliminated certain teams are going to be already going to have their playoff you know universes set whether that means they're they've clinched qualification or clinched top four or clinched you know whatever like you just start getting into a part of the season where like I think that fixture difficulty matters less and I don't know I think it's very possible that that NYCFC will be eliminated before decision day just just given how this all shakes out and um you know that that NYCFC DC United game on decision day I actually think I'm going to be there in DC which might be a very goofy uh game to attend if both teams are in fact eliminated for that but I hope not The alternative is that there's everything on the line.

I've never been to Audi before.

I'm very excited though.

I've heard only good things.